BREAKING: Moments ago the Minneapolis Fire Dept rescues baby ducklings and returns them via a bucket to their worried mom.
Urban gangs blocking the streets and creating a no go zone in Prospect Park, Minneapolis.
#OnThisDay June 14 1892: Electrification of the Hennepin Avenue streetcar line is complete. The sweeping conversion of narrow-gauge horse-drawn cars to a new system powered by hydroelectricity would be complete the following year, in one of the most rapid adoptions of technology in history.
#OnThisDay June 13, 1895: Parelius and Martha's wedding reception at the Dale parsonage, Franklin, Minnesota. It appears the entire population of Renville County has turned out.
Train/pickup accident on the Green Line at University and Cleveland
#OnThisDay June 15 1926: Grand opening of the landmark Young-Quinlan Department store at 901 Nicollet Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, the finest retailer between Chicago and the Pacific Coast. Billed by founder Elizabeth C. Quinlan as a "housewarming," the event draws 20,000 visitors.
#OnThisDay April 24 1934: The Führer establishes the "People's Court" to pursue political opponents. Initially its prosecutors maintain a semblance of legitimacy, but progressively abandon all such pretense as the court becomes a key instrument of the regime's oppression and terror.
#OnThisDay June 15 1939: Crown Prince Olav and Princess Märtha of Norway dedicate Enger Tower in Duluth during a cross-country tour to bolster Norwegian-American ties as war looms in Europe. In 2011 it is rededicated by his son, King Harald V.
#OnThisDay June 14 1905: Civil War and Spanish-American War veterans parade Minnesota's historic battle flags from the old capitol in downtown St. Paul to the newly completed Minnesota State Capitol on Wabasha Hill. The solemn procession deliberately excludes Confederate flags.
The Lead Paint Theory of Anti Gentrification holds that activists can prevent displacement and preserve housing affordability by preserving neighborhood disamenities and blocking investment in quality of life improvements like parks, bike lanes, and libraries. It does not work.
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Max Dubler 🏳️🌈
I attended an urban infrastructure panel where a UC Berkeley professor argued that libraries were gentrification. I am really struggling to see how this is different from a Republican position of denying knowledge, tools, and technology to low income, disadvantaged neighborhoods.
